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G-AZUK
27th Oct 2014, 17:07
with possibly the most half-hearted water cannon salute ever seen!
BBC News - British Airways Boeing 737 lands at Cranfield University (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-29741443)
mmitch
28th Oct 2014, 12:45
Perhaps the windows were open...!
mmitch.
Guest 112233
28th Oct 2014, 19:02
It was a gengle reminder to Bloke's in their Mid fifties.
CAT III
Jerbourg
2nd Nov 2014, 08:15
There used to be an Ex BA Trident at Cranfield which I assume was donated to the university for similar reasons. I camped out in a waterlogged tent under it's wing in the mid eighties when attending the PFA fly in - is it still there?
DaveReidUK
2nd Nov 2014, 09:03
Broken up about 20 years ago.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Planes_Hawker_siddeley_Trident_3b.jpg/640px-Planes_Hawker_siddeley_Trident_3b.jpg
LTNman
2nd Nov 2014, 09:14
I guess it will be left outside to slowly rot. Anyone know where at Cranfield will be its final resting place?
I think we will be getting the engines back! :cool:
A BA spokesperson said;
"With more modern and efficient aircraft coming into our fleet, it's great that we have the opportunity to dump this retired 737 on Cranfield and escape all the horrendous costs of disposing of it".
So it's a win-win, really.
Rumors are that BTA and BTB are going to be sold. Hopefully avoiding the "Horrendous Costs"!
In this day and age it's difficult to know if internet quotes are genuine. Abraham Lincoln. :)
too_much
3rd Nov 2014, 06:37
Just send them to Arizona & put them with the rest...
737 Max is the future now
TopBunk
3rd Nov 2014, 06:49
It starts to show your age when the aircraft you flew when brand new start to be retired.
I first flew this one (G-DOCB) on 17/11/1991 LHR-CGN-LHR when it was probably less than a month old.:(
VC10man
3rd Nov 2014, 13:47
Surely there must be a charter airline somewhere who would take old 737 Jets?
Gulf4uk
3rd Nov 2014, 14:43
Have a look around Lasham plenty there being broken up .
Tony
VC10man
Surely there must be a charter airline somewhere who would take old 737 Jets?
Jet2 looked at them.
But they were too new for them:E:E:E
DaveReidUK
5th Nov 2014, 22:30
Jet2 looked at them.
But they were too new for themWould that be the same Jet2 that operates only 737-800s, 10 of them?
Dave, You're forgetting the positively geriatric flett of 31 733s that they also operate
Yes,
Jet2's oldest 733 is marching on towards the 30 year mark.
Only about another year and a half to go!
They've certainly had their moneys worth out of their earlier frames over the last decade or so.
Tupperware Pilot
9th Nov 2014, 17:36
I guess it will be left outside to slowly rot. Anyone know where at Cranfield will be its final resting place?
At the moment it on the Echo taxi way, I'm told it will either go in one of the hangers (will it fit?) or up the east end apron? We got to have a close look today..
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tupperware_pilot/sets/72157649213864545/